CNA Steering Committee Regular Meeting 11 February 2015 Taqueria Los Altos, 3301 North Interstate 35 Meeting called to order at 6:50 PM Members present Jules Kniolek, Chair; Terry Dyke, Secretary; Justin Irving, Jennifer Potter-Miller, Mark Schiff, Members absent Rebecca Kohout, Treasurer; Girard Kinney, Emily Schwartz Reading of Agenda Motion: To adopt agenda for 11 February 2015 Vote: Motion carried Resolved: Agenda adopted as modified Approval of minutes Motion: To approve minutes from 14 January 2015 Vote: Motion carried Resolved: Minutes approved as corrected Reports Treasurer: Ms. Kohout reported via email report will be submitted subsequently. Communications Committee: report submitted, attached below. Nominating Committee: report submitted, attached below. Motion from the floor to nominate to the Steering Committee the incumbents whose terms are up: Terry Dyke, Justin Irving, Mark Schiff Motion from the floor for designated SC members to approach potential recruits for the Steering Committee, and to ask them for further referrals: Ms. Potter-Miller for Erin Tassoulas and Sunshine Mathon; Mr. Irving for Caitlin Alexander; Mr. Kniolek for John Poyner and Amanda Elliot. Business Motion from the floor to print upcoming general meeting agenda on the back of yard signs announcing general meeting. 1
Motion from the floor to omit a proposed general meeting action item that would confirm or reverse CNA position on I-35 exit ramp Motion from the floor for Mr. Dyke to approach Francie Greene regarding her inquiry about CNA's position on I-35 ramp and the process for arriving at the position stated in the Steering Committee s letter to TxDOT, and to recommend any appropriate action to address her concerns. Motion from the floor to adopt the following agenda items for the upcoming General Meeting: 1. Call to order 2. Introductions 3. Welcoming remarks from the Chair: A New Way Forward 4. Presentation: CNA Support for Permitting and Development Jules Kniolek, CNA Chair 5. Austin Neighborhoods Council Justin Irving, CNA representative to ANC Mary Ingle, Austin Neighborhoods Council President 6. Steering Committee elections (posted for action) 7. Cherrywood events and programs: engaging the neighborhood Jennifer Potter-Miller, Communications Committee Chair 8. Announcements 9. Adjourn Motion from the floor to print upcoming general meeting agenda on the back of yard signs announcing general meeting. Motion from the floor for Mr. Irving to find facts on the Upper Boggy Creek neighborhood plan and any resulting impacts or responsibilities for Cherrywood, and report at the upcoming general meeting. Motion from the Secretary to confirm for the record the recently-compiled list of CNA representatives to outside organizations. (List attached below.) Motion from Mr. Dyke to adopt the following standing rule: CNA representatives to outside organizations shall vote at meetings of these organizations according to Steering Committee instructions. (Standing rule attached below.) 2
Meeting adjourned at 8:35 PM Minutes submitted by Terry Dyke, Secretary Attachments: 1. Communications Committee report, 10 February 2015 2. CNA representatives to outside organizations, 11 February 2015 3. Standing Rule 201502-01, 11 February 2015 4. LUT Committee report, 4 February 2015 3
CNA Communications Committee Report * JPM added a call for an associate editor to the Flea as in order to have backup in gathering, writing, and publishing stories to cherrywood.org * JPM met with Meaghan Regier, the webmaster for the new Mueller NA site (http://www.muellerneighborhood.org) to talk about how to improve communication with nearby neighborhoods including CNA. - MNA maintains a private NextDoor group (currently 629 members) and the neighbors also have a private Facebook group (not official MNA). Meaghan was not interested in the suggestion of starting a Facebook page (different from a group) to promote neighborhood news & events due to limits on her time, but said she'd look for someone who spent more time on Facebook and might want to take it on. - MNA seems to be in the beginning phases of improving their communications, but it's a big step forward. Did not really address JPM's concerns about how difficult it is to promote events to Mueller residents or hear about theirs, but agreed to contact each other personally when need arises to share info between neighborhoods. Submitted by Jennifer Potter-Miller, Communications Committee Chair
CNA Representatives to External Organizations Upper Boggy Creek (UBC) (As of 13 August, 2014) 1. Girard Kinney, homeowner representative 2. Emily Schwartz, homeowner representative 3. Jules Kniolek, business owner representative 4. Ryan McElroy, business owner alternate representative 5. Tom Wald, renter representative 6. Spencer Duran, renter alternate representative Austin Neighborhoods Council (ANC) (As of 14 January, 2015) 1. Justin Irving, representative 2. Jules Kniolek, alternate representative North Central I-35 Neighborhood Coalition 2 (NCINC2) (As of 14 January, 2015) 1. Girard Kinney 2. Jules Kniolek 3. Emily Schwartz
CNA Steering Committee Standing Rule 201502-01 CNA Represenatives to Outside Organizations CNA representatives to outside organizations shall vote at meetings of these organizations according to Steering Committee instructions.
[LUT Committee Meeting, 4 February 2015] LOCATION: TAQUERIA LOS ALTOS @ Edgwood & IH35 TIME: 7:15pm AGENDA 7:00: Arrive, arrange table, order food & beverages. 7:15: Assign Scribe, circulate sign-in sheet and make introductions 7:25: Announcements (chair, members and visitors) > Pedestrian Advisory Council (PAC) has formed a separate Committee; Vision Zero TF. Project TF will take up Shared Streets and minimum speed limits; GK serves on this Committee. 7:35: Sidewalks (PAC and UBC reports) > GK reported re: Stevie Greathouse presentation at UBC; recommend that Cherrywood Submit top goals to UBC prior to March UBC meeting. 7:50: 4020 Airport; status > GK circulated the COA report with plans for site to LUT Committee. Applicant has contacted GK to say that they anticipate starting construction in July. GK reminded applicant that they had promised to keep CNA apprised of the design, so applicant requested to present plans to CNA General Meeting in May. LUT recommends that SC invite applicant to appear at SC meeting the week prior (2nd Wed) and then to make presentation at May General Meeting. 8:20: Old Business 8:30: New Business and future agenda items > Mark Schiff reported that he has resigned from CHULA Board, but will remain on Vortex Board. LUT recommends that CNA contact CHULA to request that there continue to be a CNA rep on the CHULA board. 8:45: Adjourn Note that although no actions are anticipated, we reserve the option of taking action on any agenda item. Suggested SC agenda items: ACTION: appoint TF to develop CNA top goals for submittal to UBC. ACTION: invited 4020 Airport Developer to attend May SC meeting and to make presentation to May General Meeting. ACTION: If it is determined that with Mark Schiff's resignation from CHULA Board CNA is no longer represented on this board, contact CHULA to explore process for CNA to continue to have representation on their board. Girard Kinney, Chair CNA Land Use & Transportation (LUT) Committee